Emotions and Decision Making
Today we have a guest editorial from Grant Fritchey that looks at emotions and how they can affect our decision making.
2016-10-28
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Grant Fritchey
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SQL Cruise as a Speaker and Sponsor
SQL Cruise offers a number of unique opportunities for everyone involved, including speakers and sponsors. I’ve written before, severaltimes, about...
2016-10-28 (first published: 2016-10-18)
1,142 reads
SELECT * Does Not Hurt Performance
I read all the time how SELECT * hurts performance. I even see where people have said that you just have...
2016-10-25 (first published: 2016-10-17)
4,418 reads
A Sub-Query Does Not Hurt Performance
The things you read on the internet, for example, “don’t use a sub-query because that hurts performance.”
Truly?
Where do people get...
2016-10-24
1,524 reads
Statistics Are Vital For Query Performance
This is post #10 supporting Tim Ford’s (b|t) initiative on #iwanttohelp, #entrylevel. Read about it here.
When you send a query to your...
2016-10-19 (first published: 2016-10-10)
2,086 reads
Correlated Datetime Columns
SQL Server is a deep and complex product. There’s always more to learn. For example, I had never heard of...
2016-10-13 (first published: 2016-10-03)
1,805 reads
Pre-Summit PASS Board Update
Busy, busy, busy.
A lot of the work around PASS currently is getting ready for Summit. I’m prepping my part in the...
2016-10-11
441 reads
Bingle is my Senior DBA
When working with SQL Server, many people don't need the search engine to be their junior DBA, they need it to be their senior DBA.
2016-10-10
156 reads
Query Store and What Happened Earlier On Your Server
Here’s a great question I received: We had a problem at 9:02 AM this morning, but we’re not sure what...
2016-10-06 (first published: 2016-09-26)
1,870 reads
Where Do We Go To Share?
No one reads blogs any more.
Twitter is dying.
Facebook is broken.
LinkedIn? Please.
G+. Is that even on any more?
Where do we go...
2016-10-05
485 reads
Blogs
No Shortcuts for the SQLCMD Batch Terminator: #SQLNewBlogger
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I was messing around with SQLCMD and I realized something I hadn’t known. I’ve...
Where Is My SQL Agent? Running Scheduled Jobs Against Azure SQL Database
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One of the first things I review when I inherit a new SQL Server...
AgentDBA vs Critical SQL Server
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It’s 07:43. Someone’s already left a message. “Something’s wrong with the DB server.” You...
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Question of the Day
Detecting Characters
I have a SQL Server 2022 English default installation on a server. I want to detect if there are any upper case characters in rows and I have this code:
SELECT CustomerNameID,
CustomerName
FROM dbo.CustomerName
WHERE CustomerName = LOWER(CustomerName)
Here is the sample data I am testing with:
CustomerNameID CustomerName 1 John Smith 2 Sarah Johnson 3 MICHAEL WILLIAMS 4 JENNIFER BROWN 5 david jones 6 emily davis 7 Robert Miller 8 LISA WILSON 9 christopher moore 10 Amanda TaylorHow many rows are returned? See possible answers